I’ve been following the interesting blog of John, EI7GL. I have a common interest in monitoring the higher HF bands and, recently, some of the VHF bands for any openings that may occur in the challenging location of North West…

1st RSGB MGM Contest 2018 FT8, and other Machine Generated Modes (MGM), have become increasingly popular over the last few years. It will be interesting to see how many new callsigns appear in this event.

Reading the blog of Greg, SP3RNZ, I became aware of this current event. Details: Ariss-SSTV-award-expedition-55 Using the satellite functionality in SDR Console v3, a pass was recorded and the SSTV decoded. The exercise was interesting and something different.